Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 Pilot Captain Afwan Successfully Identified

Karo Penmas, National Police Public Relations Division Brigadier General Rusdi Hartono (Wardhany Tsa Tsia / VOI)

JAKARTA - The National Police's Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team has again successfully identified the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 passengers. On the 20th day since the crash of this plane, three victims were identified and one of them was Captain Afwan.

"We will re-update the results achieved by the DVI team on SJ-182 passengers. As of this afternoon the team has successfully identified three victims again," said Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Rusdi Hartono in a press conference at the Kramat Jati Police Hospital, East Jakarta. , Friday, 29 January.

Captain Afwan (54) was the pilot on the ill-fated flight. Apart from him, the two passengers who were identified were Suyanto (40) and Riyanto (32).

With the identification of the three people, the Police DVI Team has succeeded in identifying 58 passengers.

"So until this afternoon the team has identified 58 bodies from all 62 victims," explained Rusdi.

As previously reported, the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft on the Jakarta-Pontianak route lost contact in the Thousand Islands shortly after taking off from Soekarno Hatta Airport on Saturday, January 9, 2020.

Furthermore, the authorities provide certainty if the plane crashed around Male Island and Lancang Island, Thousand Islands.

The total aircraft carried 62 people, including 12 crew members and 50 passengers consisting of 40 adult passengers, seven children and three babies.